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T&P
         
 PERSONAL CONSTRUCT
THEORY & PRACTICE
 Vol.2
2005

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MEASURING SELF-DISCREPANCIES ON THE BIG-FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS
WITH THE REPERTORY GRID


Brenda L. McDaniel, James W. Grice

Figure & Tables

Figure 1 - Table 1 - Table 2 - Table 3

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Figure 1. Mean summation scores for the actual, ideal, and ought selves on the Big Five personality dimensions.



Table 1: Summary Statistics for Self-Discrepancies on the Big Five Traits and for the Three Measures of Psychological Well-Being


      Measure M SD
Mdn
Possible Range
Observed Min
Observed Max
Extraversion            
Actual-Ideal Discrepancy 4.02 4.16 3 0-24 0 21
Actual-Ought Discrepancy 3.78 4.08 2 0-24 0 20
Agreeableness            
Actual-Ideal Discrepancy 2.74 3.14 2 0-24 0 17
Actual-Ought Discrepancy 2.44 2.86 1 0-24 0 17
Conscientiousness            
Actual-Ideal Discrepancy 3.49 3.67 3 0-24 0 15
Actual-Ought Discrepancy 3.36 3.44 2 0-24 0 15
Neuroticism            
Actual-Ideal Discrepancy 5.50 4.95 4 0-24 0 18
Actual-Ought Discrepancy 4.87 4.47 3 0-24 0 18
Intellect            
Actual-Ideal Discrepancy 3.02 2.80 2 0-24 0 13
Actual-Ought Discrepancy 2.49 2.69 1 0-24 0 14
             
Depression 3.50 4.32 2 0-19 0 19
Anxiety 3.24 4.16 2 0-19 0 19
(RSEI) Self-Esteem 55.09 9.61 57 10-70 22 70



Table 2 : Correlations between Big Five Actual-Ideal and Actual-Ought Self-Discrepancies and Psychological Well-Being Scales

 
  A-I E A-O E A-I A A-O A A-I C A-O C A-I N A-O N A-I I A-O I Dep Anx RSEI
A-I E --                        
A-O E .85** --                      
A-I A .37** .42** --                    
A-O A .26** .38** .82** --                  
A-I C .24** .16 .29** .23* --                
A-O C .32** .26** .22* .19* .86** --              
A-I N .45** .46** .37** .38** .36** .34** --            
A-O N .41** .44** .26** .32** .30** .34** .86** --          
A-I I .40** .37** .33** .33** .41** .41** .32** .34** --        
A-O I .42** .43** .33** .29** .31** .34** .29** .37** .76** --      
Dep .21* .12 -.03 -.07 .16 .16 .15 .10 .05 .11 --    
Anx .22* .14 -.01 -.05 .22* .24** .13 .13 .09 .16 .74** --  
RSEI -.27** -.19* -.02 .01 -.22* -.16 -.24** -.20* -.17 -.15 -.68** -.55** --
 
Note.  A-I E = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Extraversion; A-O E = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Extraversion; A-I A = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Agreeableness; A-O A = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Agreeableness; A-I C = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Conscientiousness; A-O C = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Conscientiousness; A-I N = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Neuroticism; A-O N = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Neuroticism; A-I I = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Intellect; A-O I = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Intellect; Dep, Anx = Depression and Anxiety BSI subscales, respectively; RSEI = Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory. 
 *p < .05, ** p < .01, two-tailed. 
 


Table 3: Actual-Ideal and Actual-Ought Self-Discrepancy Semi-partial Correlations with Psychological Well-Being Measures
 Controlling for Actual Self Ratings

 
  A-I E A-O E A-I A A-O A A-I C A-O C A-I N A-O N A-I I A-O I
Dep .13 <.01 <.01 -.05 .14 .14 .12 .04 .04 .10
Anx .16 .04 -.01 -.06 .20* .22** .12 .11 .10 .19*
RSEI -.07 .05 <.01 .03 -.17 -.08 -.03 <.01 -.09 -.07
 
Note. A-I E = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Extraversion; A-O E = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Extraversion; A-I A = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Agreeableness; A-O A = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Agreeableness; A-I C = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Conscientiousness; A-O C = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Conscientiousness; A-I N = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Neuroticism; A-O N = Actual-Ought self-discrepancies on Neuroticism; A-I I = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Intellect; A-O I = Actual-Ideal self-discrepancies on Intellect; Dep, Anx = Depression and Anxiety BSI subscales, respectively; RSEI = Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory.
*p < .05, ** p < .01, two-tailed.
 






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